Breaking: Obama Puts US Boots in Syria – Where is Congress?
“I will not put US boots on the ground in Syria.” That was President Obama’s unequivocal statement to the American people just two years ago when he first planned to bomb Syria. He has repeated the statement several times, as he has also repeated his promise that he “will not pursue a long air campaign” in Syria and...
International election observers in Turkey to hold press conference on Monday
ANKARA, 30 October 2015 – The international observers monitoring the early parliamentary elections in Turkey will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 2 November, in Ankara. The international observation mission is a common endeavour involving the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...
Blast at East Ukraine Arms Depot Kills Two
Cease-fire holds as an OSCE monitor is sacked over anti-Ukrainian tirade and two Ukrainians go on trial in a Chechen courtroom for murder. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Early parliamentary election in Ukraine will only hinder modernization of the country
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the website Glavnoe about the threats of early parliamentary election in Ukraine. In Ukraine, certain political parties, and financial and industrial groups are trying to provoke early parliamentary election. Ukraine does not need early...
In the postponement of the “election” in the so called LPR and DPR, Russian position is clearly visible
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the Glavred website about the actual causes of the decision to postpone the election in the so-called LPR and DPR. The decision to postpone the “election» in the LPR and DPR is not an independent decision of the militants but the...
Moldova Faces Long, Hot Winter After Government Falls
Shadow of massive bank fraud hangs over the country’s liberal parties. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Will an 18-Wheeler Steal the Show at Next World Cup?
Russian companies are working on self-driving trucks. And tanks. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin’s Syria Narrative Must Win Russian Public Opinion–But It’ll Be A Hard Sell
Image credit: Russian Presidential Press OfficeAnalysis and Commentaryvia ForbesVladimir Putin has embarked on Russia’s first military action outside the former Soviet Union, and he must now convince Russian people that his intervention in Syria is necessary and in Russia’s best interests. In his three previous propaganda-driven...
OSCE/ODIHR trains police commanders from Poland on human rights-based policing of peaceful assemblies
195231 Human rights-compliant policing of peaceful assemblies was the focus of training for Polish officers, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Szczytno, Poland on 28 and 29 September 2015. Bringing together 25 police commanders from across Poland, the participants discussed how human rights...
Energy Sanctions and Russia: What Comes Next?
This brief discusses the effectiveness of Western sanctions on Russia’s energy sector following Moscow’s 2014 intervention in Ukraine. The author explains that although the Russian oil and gas production and exports are unlikely to be significantly affected in the short run, in the long run, as the Russian oil and gas industry loses...
